Fossil Bank 18A Northumberland Street Alnmouth Northumberland NE66 2RJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/03391/TREECA - Work to Trees in a Conservation Area Registered

Proposal

Trees in a Conservation Area: T1 Birch - Reduce height by 2m and trim away from next door roof by 1m all around, T2 Sorbus - Trim canopy back by 2m and to maintain a balanced crown all the way around by 2m, reduce height by 2m accordingly, T3 Cotoneaster - Raise canopy to 3m from ground, cut back branch growing against property boundary wall Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 24 Oct 2026 and 1 Nov 2026, from Northumberland (County)'s recent tree and landscaping works.

Site constraints 10

Grade II listed: K6 Telephone Kiosk
List entry 1052198 · 11 m away · 20 more listed buildings within 150 m (20 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Northumberland Coast National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Alnmouth conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Heritage coast: North Northumberland
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
Amble to Bamburgh 9 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Special protection area 153 m away: Northumberland Marine
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Public footpath 29 m away; SSSI 246 m away: Northumberland Shore SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 24 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £220,000 in July 2011. Detached house, freehold.

15 July 2011£220,000
27 July 2001£80,000
4 April 1996£43,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Work to Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
NE66 2RJ
Received
23 Sept 2026
Validated
23 Sept 2026
Ward
Longhoughton
Parish
Alnmouth
Case officer
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Target decision
19 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 12 of the 56-day target. Northumberland (County) usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 35.

Day 1244 days to the 56-day target
96%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
269decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Northumberland (County) in the last twelve months, from validation. Northumberland (County) decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15244942
Statutory expiry
19 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Northumberland (County)
Planning Authority Score
3.8/10
Below average
#207 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Northumberland (County) ranks #167 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Northumberland (County) decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #158 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #178 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #167 of 296
47%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #210 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
223 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
36 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
71 decided
2,013
Total decisions
233 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use